Updates to XP will not install after in place repair

I have a client who got infected with the poweroff.exe virus which messed up
the drive sharing in Windows, I removed it then did a in place repair, all
worked great, shares fine no viruses. I setup windows with auto updates but
they will not install, every time I tell it to update it just states that
some updates could not be updated.

It did install on it's own the installer 3.1, the advantage pack and another
I can not remember, after this no other updates install I installed IE7
manually and tried again no help.

When I do a manual update the same thing occurs with no error messages.

Any suggestions? I do not want to install SP3 right now, I have a 16 bit app
running and do not know if SP3 is going to mess this up, it has to be tested
first by the developer of the app.

TIA

SteveL wrote:
> I have a client who got infected with the poweroff.exe virus which
> messed up the drive sharing in Windows, I removed it then did a in
> place repair, all worked great, shares fine no viruses. I setup
> windows with auto updates but they will not install, every time I
> tell it to update it just states that some updates could not be
> updated.
>
> It did install on it's own the installer 3.1, the advantage pack
> and another I can not remember, after this no other updates install
> I installed IE7 manually and tried again no help.
>
> When I do a manual update the same thing occurs with no error
> messages.
>
> Any suggestions? I do not want to install SP3 right now, I have a
> 16 bit app running and do not know if SP3 is going to mess this up,
> it has to be tested first by the developer of the app.

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Updates are not installed successfully from Windows Update, from Microsoft
Update, or by using Automatic Updates after you repair a Windows XP
installation
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/943144

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"SteveL" wrote:

> I have a client who got infected with the poweroff.exe virus which messed up
> the drive sharing in Windows, I removed it then did a in place repair, all
> worked great, shares fine no viruses. I setup windows with auto updates but
> they will not install, every time I tell it to update it just states that
> some updates could not be updated.
>
> It did install on it's own the installer 3.1, the advantage pack and another
> I can not remember, after this no other updates install I installed IE7
> manually and tried again no help.
>
> When I do a manual update the same thing occurs with no error messages.
>
> Any suggestions? I do not want to install SP3 right now, I have a 16 bit app
> running and do not know if SP3 is going to mess this up, it has to be tested
> first by the developer of the app.
>
> TIA

If I had an error message I would be able to, I get no error code as the
other posts state.

Quote:

"When I do a manual update the same thing occurs with no error messages."

and thought someone with some intelligence could help.

"SteveL" wrote:

> I have a client who got infected with the poweroff.exe virus which messed up
> the drive sharing in Windows, I removed it then did a in place repair, all
> worked great, shares fine no viruses. I setup windows with auto updates but
> they will not install, every time I tell it to update it just states that
> some updates could not be updated.
>
> It did install on it's own the installer 3.1, the advantage pack and another
> I can not remember, after this no other updates install I installed IE7
> manually and tried again no help.
>
> When I do a manual update the same thing occurs with no error messages.
>
> Any suggestions? I do not want to install SP3 right now, I have a 16 bit app
> running and do not know if SP3 is going to mess this up, it has to be tested
> first by the developer of the app.
>
> TIA